Guard for the windows of passenger-cars.



, T. ELLIOTT.

GUARD FOR THE WINDOWS 0F PASSENGER CARS. APPLICATION FILED FEB. s, 1915.

1,148,012, Patented July 27, 1915.

J W WWIOMZE] COLUMBIA PLANOORAFH CO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

INVENTOR THOMAS ELLIOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

GUARD FOR THE WINDOWS OF PASSENGER-CARS.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

iatented July 2'7, M15.

Application filed. February 3, 1915. Serial No.5,947.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guards for the Windows of Passenger-Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in guards for the windows of passenger cars, the object being to provide simple and strong means for detachably securing the guards or grating to the outer sides of the window frame and which will permit of the quick removal of the guards when it is necessary to get at the windows for any purpose from the outside.

lVith these, objects in view my invention consists in the parts and combination of parts as will be more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a car showing my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing the manner of securing the guard or grating in place; Fig.

3 is a View in section; Fig. l is a View of one of the end brackets for the upper end ofthe grating; Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the brackets used intermediate the ends; Fig. 6 is a view of the clamp for the lower end of the end bars of the guards or grating and F ig. 7 is a view in section of'same.

The guards or grating are-located at the outer sides of the windows and close up to the same and are for the purpose of lessening accidents by preventing passengers from putting their arms or heads out of the windows. These guards should be removableso as to enable the windows to be glazed and cleaned from the outside, and my invention provides means for detachably securing them in place so that they may be readily removed and replaced.

The guards are made up in sections, each of which may be composed of a series of parallel horizontal rods 2 connected at their ends, and at intermediate points by the vertical bars 3, as shown, or they may be composed of the end and intermediate bars with rods 2 at the top and bottom, and a wire or other screen or grating closing the space bounded by therods and bars. Each guard or grating, is designed to span a plurality of windows and the vertical bars 3 are located to come between the windows so as to engage the supports.

, Secured to the side posts or other part of the car frame intermediate the windows are the brackets 4, and at the extreme ends or beyond the windows to be protected by the guard, are the brackets 5. Each of the brackets 4: and 5 is provided with two separated parallel ears 6. Both ears of the bracket 4-, are provided with downwardly and rearwardly inclined slots 7, which are of a size suflicient to receive the top rod 2 of the guard section, and the side ears are separated sufficiently to receive between them the abutting bars 3 of two adjacent guard sections, while the ears of the brackets intermediate the ends of the guard sections receive a single bar 3, but are separated sufiicientlyto receive two so as to be interchangeable.

The end brackets 5 are each provided with two ears only one of which is slotted to receive the top rod 2 of the guard, the solid outer ears acting simply as abutments to prevent any longitudinal movement of the sition to support and clamp the lower ends of the vertical bars 3 of the guard sections, are the combined supports and clamps 8. These supports and clamps each comprise a supporting member having a horizontal seat or shoulder 9 intermediate its ends, and a spring controlled clamp 10 pivoted to the supporting member adjacent said seat and adapted to engage the front faces of the bars 3, just above the lower ends of the latter. Each supporting member is hollowed out and open at the rear for the reception of a spring or springs 12, and is provided immediately below the seat or shoulder 9 with the bearings 13 open at the rear, to receive the cross bar 11 of the clamp 10, the cross bar 11 being provided with an integral tongue 1 f against which the upper ends of the springs 12 bear. The clamp 10 projects upwardly slightly above the supporting seat or shoulder 9 and straddles the same, and is normally retained with its upper free end 15 over said shoulder by the spring. The lower ends ofthe bars 3 rest on the seats or shoulders 9, while the clamps 10 bear against the outer edges of said bars and yieldingly hold them against outward displacement.

IVith the upper rods 2 within the downwardly and rearwardly inclined slots in the upper brackets d and 5, and the lower ends of the bars 3 resting on the fixed seats or shoulders 9, it will be seen that the guard sections cannot be removed except by moving the lower edges outwardly, which is prevented by the clamps. With the clamps shown, the leverage obtainable is so short, that they cannot be moved outwardly by any ordinary pressure exerted on the guards, but may be moved to release the guard sections by grasping their upper ends and pulling outwardly on same thus permitting the lower ends of the bars to be moved outwardly, after which the section is free to be removed from the upper brackets.

With the construction as shown, if the guards be lifted the upper ends of the end bars 3 will engage the shoulders 7 before the top rod 2 leaves slot 7, and before the lower end of bars 3 are in a planeabove the clamps 10, hence in order to release the guards, the clamps 10 must first be forced downwardly thus permitting the lower ends of the guards to be pulled outwardly, after which the top rods 2 may be removed from the slots or the guards may be simply turned up out of the way, thus giving free access to the lower part of the window sash and frame.

ith this construction, the several sections of the guard or grating are independent of the others and any one section may be removed without disturbing any of the others and may be readily removed and re- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the placed by one person, without the use of any tools or the employment of any deof parts shown and described, but

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is 2- 1. The combination with parallel ears separated to receive the end bars of two adjacent guard sections between them, the said ears being slotted, supporting seats below said ears, guard sections having parts to enter the slots in the ears, and end bars, the adjacent end bars of two guard sections resting between the ears of one pair and also upon the supporting seat below said ears, and means engaging said bars above and adjacent the seats for locking the guards in place.

2. The combination with brackets each having parallel ears separated to receive the end bars of two adjacent sections between them, the said ears being slotted, supporting seats below said brackets, guard sections having parts to enter the slots in the ears, and end bars, the adjacent end bars of two guard sections resting between the ears of each bracket, and also upon the supporting seat below said back and spring clamps carried by said seats and engaging the end bars, for locking the latter on the seats.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THOMAS ELLIOTT.

Witnesses A. N. KnorrMn, WVM. J. ZIEGENHARDT.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, .D. G. 

